News and updates from the Mid-America Regional Council
On Wednesday, May 18, about two dozen people gathered at the Country Mart grocery store in Salem, Missouri, to learn about the Double Up Food Bucks incentive program and celebrate the program becoming part of the Town and County Supermarkets system in southern Missouri. The Double Up Food Bucks program helps SNAP users stretch their […]
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On Friday, April 15, at the First Suburbs Coalition meeting, the Mid-America Regional Council honored Peculiar, Missouri, for becoming more age friendly. Peculiar earned Silver Level status in the Communities for All Ages recognition program, which required conducting a self-assessment of age-friendly policies and actions. “The city of Peculiar is honored to receive the Silver […]
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Changing demographics in the Kansas City metropolitan area have produced a growing need for homes that better support typical activities of people of all ages and are more accommodating as our abilities change. Homeowners in our region have some new tools to help them with ideas to renovate their homes as they get older and/or […]
Read More… On Friday, Jan. 21, at the First Suburbs Coalition meeting, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) honored three area cities for becoming more age friendly. Excelsior Springs, Missouri, achieved Gold Level status, which means the local governing body applied an “age lens” to a major city plan. Grain Valley, Missouri, earned Silver Level status, which required […]
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MARC’s 2021–2022 Public Officials Directory is now available. The directory lists officials in the nine-county metropolitan region served by MARC, as well as federal and state officials for the area, information about cities, fire and emergency medical service agencies, chambers of commerce, local economic development agencies, school districts, agencies providing public transit services and news […]
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Homeowners in our region have a new tool to help them with ideas to renovate their homes as they get older and/or their abilities change. “Remodeling for Accessible Homes,” produced by the First Suburbs Coalition and KC Communities for All Ages, provides ideas, sample floorplans, cost estimates and other resources for those who want to […]
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On Friday, April 16, Johnson County, Kansas, became the first county in our region to be recognized as a Community for All Ages. The award was given at the First Suburbs Coalition meeting and bestows a Bronze Level award to the county, which means county staff adopted a resolution to become a Community for All […]
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The 5th annual Age Positive: Ideas for an Age-Friendly Future conference will be held May 11-13, 2021. The conference provides a forum for participants to learn about innovative program ideas for working with older adults. As it was in 2020, the conference will be held virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Age Positive conference is […]
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In a partnership with all Missouri Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, we have opened our Information and Referral phone line to assist older adults who have no internet access to register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The program will assist older adults in Cass, Clay, Jackson, […]
Read More… On Friday, Jan. 15, the Mid-America Regional Council honored the cities of Grandview, Missouri, and North Kansas City, Missouri, for becoming more age friendly. Both cities achieved gold-level status, which means the local governing body applied an “age lens” to a major city plan. Grandview adopted age-friendly principles within the city’s updated comprehensive plan. North […]
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